Thaissa Barbosa Presti is a track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 sprint athlete

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 who competes internationally for Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Presti represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China in August 2008. Brazilian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1920, except the 1928 Summer Olympics. The country is represented by the Brazilian Olympic Committee...

 in Beijing

Beijing

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. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Lucimar de Moura

Lucimar de Moura

Lucimar Aparecida de Moura is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events...

, Rosemar Coelho Neto

Rosemar Coelho Neto

Rosemar Maria Coelho Neto is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil.Coelho Neto represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti and Rosangela Santos...

 and Rosangela Santos

Rosângela Santos

Rosângela Santos is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil....

. In their first round heat they placed third behind Belgium

Belgium

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 and Great Britain

Great Britain

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, but in front of Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. Their time of 43.38 seconds was the fifth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to a time of 43.14 seconds and the fourth place behind Nigeria, missing out on the bronze medal with 0.10 seconds.

Thaissa is daughter of former soccer player Zé Sérgio

Zé Sérgio

José Sérgio Presti, best known as Zé Sérgio is a former football player who played as a striker....

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